2008 Pamela Denoon Lecture

06 March 2008

Marian Sawer and Roslyn Dundas

Lecture One
Recipes For Revolt: What Made the Women's Movement Move?
In this lecture, Marian Sawer draws on her forthcoming history of Women's Electoral Lobby to explore what happened in the 1970s when women rebelled and ‘a cup of tea, a Bex and a good lie down’ were no longer enough.

Lecture Two
ifeminism - Gen X, Gen Y And The Women's Movement.
Roslyn Dundas explores what the future holds for feminism in an age of Myspace and Facebook, Paris Hilton and Pink.

Marian Sawer AO is an internationally acclaimed expert on women, politics and policy. Her most recent books include Women's movements: Flourishing or in abeyance? and Out from the gilded cage: A history of Women’s Electoral Lobby . Marian is Adjunct Professor at the School of Social Sciences, ANU and Leader of the Democratic Audit of Australia.

Roslyn Dundas was the youngest woman ever elected to a Parliament in Australia, has been an active community campaigner in the ACT and plays a leading role in the Women’s Electoral Lobby – ACT. Roslyn currently works for the ACT Human Rights Commission as an adviser to the Commissioner for Children and Young People.

Broad Topics: Arts and Social Sciences

Sub-topics: Policy & Political Science

Areas: University

Photo courtesy of the Women's Electoral Lobby

Part of the 2008 Toyota-ANU Public Lecture Series